Test Bank For Organizational Behavior Emerging Knowledge 5th Edition By Steven McShane

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Test Bank For Organizational Behavior Emerging Knowledge 5th Edition By Steven McShane

Chapter 05
Foundations of Employee Motivation
True / False Questions

1. Motivation is closely related to the concept of employee engagement.
True    False

2. Motivation is one of the four essential drives of individual behavior and performance.
True    False

3. Most employers say that nowadays motivating employees is more challenging than it used to be.
True    False

4. The problem with the concept of employee engagement is that it lacks theoretical foundation.
True    False

5. The concept of employee engagement is related to motivation, but not role perception.
True    False

6. The stronger your needs, the less motivated you are to fulfill them.
True    False

7. Drives are needs, and are essential parts of human psychology.
True    False

8. In the context of motivation, drives are also called primary needs, fundamental needs, or innate needs.
True    False

9. Needs Hierarchy Theory explains how people develop perceptions of fairness in the distribution and exchange of resources.
True    False

10. Maslow’s Needs Hierarchy Theory incorporates only five basic categories.
True    False

11. Maslow’s Needs Hierarchy Theory states that people are motivated by only one need at a time.
True    False

12. According to Needs Hierarchy Theory, the need for self-actualization continues to develop even when it is fulfilled.
True    False

13. Abraham Maslow was the first to recognize that human thoughts play a role in motivation.
True    False

14. Maslow is credited for bringing a mechanistic perspective to the study of motivation.
True    False

15. ERG Theory recognizes three learned needs: achievement, affiliation and power.
True    False

16. According to ERG Theory, a person can regress down the hierarchy of needs when they fail to fulfill higher needs.
True    False

17. One advantage of ERG Theory over Maslow’s Needs Hierarchy Theory is that the ERG model seems to explain human motivation somewhat better.
True    False

18. Human needs cluster more neatly around the three needs categories in ERG Theory than the five needs categories in Maslow’s Needs Hierarchy.
True    False

19. A person’s hierarchy of needs is influenced by his or her values.
True    False

20. People with a high need for achievement tend to avoid risks and prefer working in teams.
True    False